Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast

Mar 08 2025 182 ep. 77 mins 150
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Welcome to the DOCTOR WHO TARGET BOOK CLUB PODCAST, the podcast in which we undertake the [insert adjective here] project of discussing, in story order, all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations!

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EP 171: TERROR OF THE VERVOIDS

Mar 08 2025 96 mins  
Killer plants! A murder mystery! Scheming agronomists! Ellipses…sentence fragments…and exclamation marks! EVERYWHERE! And so much new vocab! Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and special guest Matthew Kresal as they discuss Pip and Jane Baker’s TERROR OF THE VERVOIDS!!! We are a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine s

EP 170: MINDWARP

Feb 22 2025 102 mins  
Is Peri dead? Is she unhappy in a forced marriage? Is she unhappy as the manager of a pro wrestler named Yrcanos? And what exactly does “Vroomnik” mean, anyway? Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and special guest Jason Miller as they discuss Philip Martin’s novelization of MINDWARP to find out! We are a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Netwo

EP 169: THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET

Feb 09 2025 87 mins  
What is the mystery of Ravalox? Is there really any Sixth Doctor and Peri slash fiction out there? And why are some car owners such a**holes? Join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as they discuss Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET to find out! We are a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine shows as THE DOCTOR

EP 168: EVIL OF THE DALEKS REDUX

Jan 26 2025 85 mins  
Is Kemel the most racist character created for the classic series? Did the Second Doctor really commit genocide? And did we really need a novelization of the “missing adventure” between THE WHEEL IN SPACE and THE DOMINATORS? Join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as they discuss Frazer Hines’ novelization of EVIL OF THE DALEKS to find out! We are a proud pa

EP 167: FRAZER HINES INTERVIEW

Jan 18 2025 52 mins  
What does Frazer Hines remember most about EVIL OF THE DALEKS? What convinced him to write his own version of it? And what did Sonny Caldinez do to get so…big? Come listen to Tony Whitt interviewing Hines about all of this and more in this special episode, before our regular panelists discuss his novelization next week! REVISITING THE EVIL OF THE DALEKS WITH FRAZER HINES was reco

EP 166: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2024

Dec 24 2024 50 mins  
The year wouldn’t be complete without our light and calorie-free (not to mention mostly content-free) Holiday Special, and what better way to celebrate than to pull apart four books that we won’t even be covering on this show for another couple years? TARGETING THE NEW BATCH was recorded on Sunday, December 1 at Chicago TARDIS 2024. The PowerPoint presentation used can be downl

EP 165: SLIPBACK

Dec 15 2024 75 mins  
Saward’s not done with the show at this point yet, but we’re done with Saward, and it’s about…well, mostly about Douglas Adams, to be honest. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Saward was being really bloody sincere. Join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as they discuss the novelization of the radio play story SLIPBACK! We are a proud p

EP 164: MISSION TO MAGNUS

Nov 24 2024 65 mins  
The Ice Warriors are back, and it’s about…well, ice, really. And a virus that kills off men. And a female-dominated society trying to fight a male-dominated one. And the Doctor’s bully from school. And Sil. AND… You get the idea. Join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as they look at the novelization of the unproduced television story MISSION TO MAGNUS! W

EP 163: THE ULTIMATE EVIL

Nov 10 2024 83 mins  
It's THE ULTIMATE EVIL! …but enough about the election. Now that certain lunatics are back in the White House, do we go back to calling him DWARF Mordant, or does the fact that we care make us snowflakes? And while we’re at it, would this story have been the new TWIN DILEMMA if it had been made. Join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as they go back to a simpl

EP 162: THE NIGHTMARE FAIR

Oct 26 2024 91 mins  
In some alternate universe, the BBC had complete confidence in Colin Baker; Season 23 was produced and premiered right on schedule; and Graham Williams wrote the first of what would be a long line of excellent scripts for the show he once produced. None of those things happened in our universe, of course – but we still got the excellent Graham Williams story. Tony Whitt, Dalton H